Etel, Ecomm and VoIP Mashups

Etel VoIP Mashup – Virtual Conference App.

Update: Looks like I am not the only one who has had it with old school conferences. Scoble has some great points here!

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Since it is unlikely that my idea of a virtual Etel conference will make it on it's own, here is another thought. Why not have a mashup contest with the target application being a Virtual Conference application that could be used with ANY physical conference or expo?

This new app could be used to provide those of us who can't afford or just simply can't physically be at conferences the opportunity to participate. There would be video and audio of each session streamed live over the net, during Q and A attendees on the net could click a button and their phone would ring. At the other end would be a session host who would take your question, introduce the attendee to the panel and then the attendee would ask the question.

We could also integrate presence and show notes in an very interesting way by making use of Twitter, Pownce etc.

If there is to be another Etel (or Ecomm), I think we should step out of the 20th Century and push the IP communications envelope, that is what the essence of Etel was all about, wasn't it?